Chinese alternatives to OpenAI
6 China-built GPT / o-series models options.
DeepSeek 深度求索
alternative to OpenAI GPT / Claude
Open-weight foundation and reasoning models (V3 / R1 series).
AI & open Private Open source
#1 open weights MIT 128K ctx
Qwen 通义千问
alternative to GPT / Gemini / Llama
Alibaba's open-weight model family (text, multimodal, coding).
AI & open US-listed Open source
Foreign-investable
#2 open weights Apache 2.0 256K ctx
GLM (Z.ai) 智谱
alternative to GPT / Claude
Zhipu's GLM model family; open-weight and API.
AI & open HK-listed Open source
Foreign-investable
#4 open weights MIT 128K ctx
ERNIE 文心一言
alternative to GPT / Gemini
Baidu's ERNIE model family; open-weight (4.5) and API.
AI & open US-listed Open source
Foreign-investable
#6 open weights Apache 2.0
Hunyuan 混元
alternative to GPT / Gemini
Tencent's Hunyuan models (text, image, 3D); some open weights.
AI & open HK-listed Partly open
Foreign-investable
#7 open weights Custom
MiniMax 稀宇科技
alternative to GPT / Claude
Foundation and multimodal models; open-weight and API.
AI & open HK-listed Open source
Foreign-investable
#5 open weights Apache 2.0 1M ctx